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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][net-next] net: replace num_possible_cpus with
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Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2018 13:04:22 +0900 (KST)
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From: Li RongQing <lirongqing@baidu.com>
Date: Fri,  6 Jul 2018 17:33:36 +0800

> The return of num_possible_cpus() is same as nr_cpu_ids, but
> nr_cpu_ids can reduce cpu computation
> 
> Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <lirongqing@baidu.com>

These two numbers are not the same, in fact num_possible_cpus() can be
and often is smaller than nr_cpu_ids.